A store clerk thwarted a robbery by shooting a would-be robber in the leg.

The situation unfolded on Sept. 26 in Shelby.

Two men attempted to rob La Tienda Mexicana El Huacal, at 1506 E. Dixon Blvd.

"Two suspects attempted to rob the store, but were stopped by the armed store clerk. During the interaction one of the suspects was shot in the ankle," according to a press release from the Cleveland County Sheriff's Office.

The release said the man who was shot left in a Dodge Charger, and the second suspect fled on foot.

At 10:03 p.m. deputies spotted the Charger in the parking lot of the Kings Mountain Ingles, and a car pursuit ensued until the driver drove down an embankment at the dead end of Phenix Street in Kings Mountain, the release said.

The driver, who the sheriff's office iden

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